Sale had a good outing

I can't say the same for the bullpen...

The Red Sox lost 7-2 to the Twins this afternoon but Sale went five innings, giving up two earned runs.

Then four bullpen pitchers, Ort, Bleier, Schreiber and DiValerio, came in and went four innings, giving up five earned runs.

So in a nutshell, Sale did good, the bullpen sucked.

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The Bruins are facing off against the Hurricanes at 5:00 this afternoon so I'll be able to watch all three periods.

As I said yesterday, the Bruins have locked down the Atlantic division with the Maple Leafs and the Lightning in a battle for second/third place. In the Metropolitan division, the Hurricanes, the Devils and the Rangers are in a battle for placement.

The big battle right now is for the four wildcard slots available to the rest of the Eastern conference. It currently looks like the Islanders, the Penguins and the Panthers will survive but the fourth slot is a tie between the Sabres and the Capitals.

As for the Western conference, no one knows what's going to happen over there. Right now it looks like the Golden Knights will take the Pacific division but the Central division is a wild guess. Only three points seperate the top three teams in that division.

It's going to be an interesting end to the regular season.

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I'm going to watch hockey. While I do that, I'm going to make some bacon cheeseburgers for The Professor and myself.

If you would like to look at some links, they are here:

• Australia: Everything is trying to kill you.



• Key line in this story: "...Clark grabbed her and told her that if she was going to have sex with Crutcher for money, she should give Clark a cut."



• No thanks.



• ♩My Maserati does 185♬
  ♩I lost my license♬
  ♪Now I don't drive♬.



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• Only in Florida.
  (You gotta admit, that's kind of impressive.)